Base-board radiator.



N E i I E. E. & P. J. VANVPOOL.

BBBBBBBBB RADIATOR.

E. E. Pf. J. VAN POOL.

BASE BOARD RADIATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 4, 1910.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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ELMR E. VAN POOL AND'PERRY J'. VAN POOL, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN.

BASE-BOARD RADIATOR Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

- Application tiled May 4, 1910. Serial No. 559,317.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we, Emma E. VANA POOL and PERRYl J, VAN POOL, citizens of the United States, residing at anesvil'le, in the county of Rock and State of lVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Base-Board Rafollowing is a specification. Y

This invention relates to devices for heating rooms and buildings, and the object of the invention is to provide ra simple and efficient apparatus which'may be used as a substitute for the Ordinary base-board, and which will be so constructedthat it may be arranged along the side 'of room to any desired extent, and by which the room will be thoroughly heated without the presence of unsightly apparatus.

An apparatus embodying our lnvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the invention consists in. certain novel features of the same Awhich will be hereinafter first fully described and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims:

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspectlve view of aportion of a radiator showing the same fitted to the corner 4and two sides of aroom. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa snmlar view on tlie'line 3 3 of Fig. 1.A Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 1 -4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fvertical section on the line 5 5 .ot Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a detail 'perspective .view of one of the intermediate sections. vn t ln carrying out our invention, we provlde a"series of intermediate sections 1, corner sections 2, and end sect-ionsB, which may be cast or formed of heavy sheet metal, or otherwise produced, as will be read-ily understood. All of these sections are provided at theirl upperfends with Hanges 4' through which fastening screws 5 may be inserted into a wall tosecure the radiator in position, and the Aback plates 6 of the sections are arranged to engage behind a lug or strlp Z secured to the iloor so as' to -properly hold the sections against the wall. The several sections are provided with openings'S and 9 near their lower .ends and near their upper ends, respectively, to-permit-the passage of hot water, steam. or other heatingagent throughthe series of sections,..an'd around these openings are formed annular flanges i 10 which are adapted to lit together when the sections are placed in position form a radiator.. In order to prevent leakage and to further maintain the several sections in their proper relative positions, slip nipples l1 are fitted in the openings 8 and 9 and provided with suitable packing inthe usual manner. The corner sect-ion 2 and the several intermediate sections 1 are provided on their sides with I ianges' 12 so that a heating chamberor space 13 will be formed between adjacent sections, and in order to provide for the circulation of the air through these heating chambers or spaces, the front walls the flanges so as'to overlap -.the meeting` flange of the adjacent section and thereby serve to maintain the sections in a true line agamst the wall of the roomand to that ex- Y tent facilitate the assembling of the sect-ions. The corner section 2 is provided with the openings 8 and 9 on two of its meeting sides, butits meeting rear walls are notl provided with such openings as it will, of course,-not

be desirable to permit the escape of the heating agent at the back of thesection. In the back walls of the corner sections are bosses or countersunk projections 18 in which the 'heads 19 of screws or bolts. 20 are seated.

The upper securing bolts 20l pass through the upper nipples 11 and project through the end section 3 where theyare equipped with a plug21 and a nut. ,22 suitably packed Y in the openlng in the end wall of the said section so that when the nut is turned home on the bolt, the several sections will be firmly secured together and the leakage of hot water o r steam around the bolt willbe prevented. The lower bolts or connecting rods 20 pass through the space between the losy Hoor andthe bottoms of the several sections andare likewise secured to the end sections by suitablenuts 23, as' will be vreadily understood. The openings 8 and 9 in the several intermediate sections are disposed preferably on the central vertical line of -t-h'esections, but inthe end sections .thelower openings are disposed nearer the front Walls v of the sections in order to'accommodate a supply pipe 24 and an exhaustpipe 25 and facilitate the fitting of the said pipes to the sections. The supply pipe may be provided with the usual valve for v'regulating or controlling the heat, although we have considered it unnecessary to illustrate such details. The end sections are also provided at their upper ends with openings 9.6 in which may be itted an air vent valve of any preferred construction, as will be readily understood.

A It will be readily seen from the foregoing ,description that we have provided a radiator which may be placed in any room and will not detract from the appearance of the room l and will yet provide forthorough heating of the same.

The several sections are secured in place against the Wall of the room and any ireproof and heat-resisting material may be interposed between the back of the sections and the wall, as will be understood. l/Vhen hot water, steam or other heating agent is admitted to the end section,

y such agent will rise in the same so as to ll it and will ow from the said section to and through the several intermediate s ectlons to the opposite end section, from-whlch it will escape and return to the furnace or other source of supply. The walls of the side Walls as well as the front walls of thev Several sections are utilized for heating purposes. It will be observed that the upper connecting rods or bolts p ass through the nipples which permit the circulation of the heating agent through the several sections So that the forming of a large .number of openings through the meeting walls of thesections is renderedv unnecessary. Furthermore, the heads' of the connecting` rods or bolts are fitted '1n countersunk seats in the back walls of the corner sections 'sol that they offer no obstruction to they fitting ofthe said sections closely against the wall. The end sections have their end walls yformed without the projecting anges and, consequently, may befitted to the ordinary wood baseboard so that, should it be so desired, the radiatormay be .placed between -two wooden sections of base-board or may be placed only in the corner of a room or otherwise disposed, according to the desires vof the builder or the requirements of any partlcular location. In this manner, the radiator may be built in any desired capacit-,y

so that itl may be made to meet the exigencies of any climate Without necessitating the presence in any room of an' unsanitary or unsightly body which will occupy `space within. the room to the exclusion ot furniture. The-front walls of the radiator mayv be `given any desired finish so as to harmonize with the iinishing of the room in which it is located or to correspond to the furniture placed in the room.- It will be observed that the surfaces of all the sections are all smooth so that the expense of manufacture will be minimized and, as the sections t closely together and are of a regular contour, the radiator may be easily and cheaply installed. Furthermore, the exterior of the radiator is readily kept in a clean condition, since there are no exposed recesses in which dirt and dust may accumulate and which are difcult to clean. By the,l use of this lbaseboard radiator, the presence of cold corners or unduly warm spaces in a room 'will be overcome, inasmuch as the heat will be admitted to the room near the ioor and will he evenly distributed thereover, The construction is- Asuch that a largeexpanse of radiating surface is providedfor every lineal foot of the radiator. The radiator can, of course, be made t titin peculiar angles and to litv curved surfaces as well as to tit square corners or 'straight walls. By arranging the inlet and outlet openings near the front walls, the supply and exhaust pipes are removed from the Walla sufficient distance to accommodate the collars placed around the said pipesvto'cover the'openings in the oor through which the said pipes pass.

The back plate 6 of each. section and the present in a room. There is no necessity ofany change in an ordinary room other than the, removal of the base-board, for the radiator is applied against the-'wall of the room flush with the face of the plaster if such be present, and no channeling of the walls or building of receptacles for the radiator is necessary. Moreover, the front and rear .plates or walls'of each radiator section, ex-y cept the corner sections, are coextensive one with the other, the .front wall being y cut away at the bottom and at other points,

so that when two radiator sections are abutted there is defined between them a chamber closed in by the front and rear plates orwallsof the radiator section and the cut away portions at the bottom of the front Wall of the radiator sections match, S0 that While the front of the radiator is derstood that the apparatus shown ismerely Well supported by the downward projectionv 1 of the front Wall, there is ample space forv the inflow of air to the lower end of thev chamber ybetween two adjacent radiator seca tions, and this airmay then flow upwfa'rd through .such chamber and outthroughthe matching cut away portions inv theflangesl formed by .the lateral projection of th'e front wall beyond the body of theradiator-f section.

ings, the k advantages of the construction and c of the method of operation will' be readilyl apparent to those skilled in' the art to l the inventionV appertains, and while we 'have described the principle ofoperation ofthe invention, together with the apparatus`vr which'we now consider to be thefbest' embodiment thereof, we desire to havey it n nillustrative, and that such vchanges maybe made when desired as 'a'revwithin the scope of the claims appendedhereto-.j t y Having thus described'y theil invention, what we claim as new ,and desireytosecure by Letters Patent, is f I l. A heating radiator "offsubstantially base-board height composed fgse'ctions each comprisinga single casting h'a'ying'abaek plate, a front plate spaced therefrolfiifnd of less height thanthe back jplatfegja topp orfy tion uniting the upperendof thefrontplat to the back plate belowethefjiu'pp'er-vendi thereofto provide anupstandingfzflangie,a .bottom member uniting thelowerportions'f of the front and back: plates 'abov'ethe lower edges thereof, 'and side members uniting the fro-nt, back, top, and bottom por# tions, theV front portion, top portion and" back portion having extensions,beyondtheV side members, the extensions of thepfront and top members being recessedatl spaced points along their outerl edges, adjacent sections When united to form" a radiator def fining united air spaces between them below the' bottom 'mernbers,. and vbetween the side members, with openings defined by mating. recessed portions, and the V radiator so formed being adaptedfor installation lwit-hout further-disturbance of a finished/buildh ingthan the remoVL'o'fa base-board, if present.

2. A base-board radiator composed of sec-v tions adapted to be united togetherin lthe form of a radiator, each'. 'section being ofv substantiallybase-board height 'with an. 11nbrokenrear facejadapted to replace abasejboard -Without change' in the'structure ofthe y *.Wall of. the room where the radiator is in-A stalled, the vrear' portion of each radiator section extendingabovethe' body` of the sec- 31A; radiator 6f- 'Sbsaatiniy "basato, height composed of sections each having-` unbroken, plainbackmember, a fro-ntmem- -r` fber space'd*therefrom, with top, bottom 'and f sidefm'embers inclosingbetween the front iandffbackfmembers'[a chamber` for the re-' ception 'of-a heatingiiuid, the front, top and i `back lI nembersy having extensions. inthe oli-- :rection ofqthelen'gth' of the radiator, the

extensions on -thefront and top vmembersh'aving cut awayportions for theiow of air" L :to the interiorof-'the radiator and thetescape .5

ofair ,therefromandthe extensions ofl the -@back-member'having lugs thereon projecting` intooverlapping.relationveach to the corref sponding baclr extension of a mating radithechambers in the; radiator sections proos f uniting-:the front-' fandbaek members at a point below th'eitopeoffthe backV member to "ajtory section, circulating connections between "-'Yidedfor the-receptiongof heating fluid, and `tie `frod"s` for uniting-the. 'several sections.; v

iator's'ec'tion vcomprising a single j and back mem-y r* oor: ngaging edges, the" i.

:fron in ber elng'i'ofsless'height'than the back" memberanilthe latter being of'sub- L' `f`st: 11 1ti ally base'fboaifd-lieight, a; top. member spending-- po'rtimsJ- ofthe:v front',-v back and top' members and'. .defining'l a. "chamber for the reception'ofa heating fluid, the margins 'i i of t-he front member andtop member being .cutaway at spaced points.' 1; A In testimony, that we claim the foregoing v as our'own, weV have hereto affixed our signatures 1n the lpresence of two witnesses.

- ELMER E. VAN PooL.

PERRY J. VAN PooL.

UCLARaKrr-TGMAN, t SiLAs HAYNER. 

